{"id":1535093,"date":"2022-07-01T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535093"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:04:57","slug":"late-night-pounces-seizes-on-jan-6-fake-news-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-pounces-seizes-on-jan-6-fake-news-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Pounces, Seizes on Jan. 6 Fake News Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flate-night-pounces-seizes-on-jan-6-fake-news-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s hard to blame late-night comics for feasting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/joe-rogan-russia-collusion-hoax\/\">Russian collusion hoax<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The media spent years detailing every faux angle of the narrative, while alternative news sources\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/podcasts\/john-solomon-reports\/declassified-intel-shows-clinton-concocted-russia-collusion-hoax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shredded its core tenets piece by piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream press has yet to apologize for some of the most egregious errors tied to that journalistic debacle. Don\u2019t expect late-night hosts to attempt anything like a mea culpa.<\/p>\n<p>Just know monologues like this have aged \u2026 badly.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters haven\u2019t learned their lesson, alas.<\/p>\n<p>They pounced and seized on Cassidy Hutchinson\u2019s testimony this week before the Jan. 6 hearings. The former White House aide\u2019s claim? President Donald Trump tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/testimony-of-cassidy-hutchinson-appears-to-fall-apart-as-new-reports-surface-about-secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physically grab the steering wheel away from a Secret Service driver<\/a> to join the Jan. 6 protests.<\/p>\n<p>When denied, Trump allegedly attacked the agent.<\/p>\n<p>Only one problem? Two, actually.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service member in question is ready to testify no such thing occurred. And the source for Hutchinson\u2019s testimony, Tony Ornato, denies the story as well.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, Hutchinson\u2019s tale checks out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/late-night-lies-colbert-trump-biden\/\"><strong>RELATED: Why Late Night Lies Hurt the Country<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest black eye for the press, which recounted Hutchinson\u2019s comments as if it were the smoking gun they\u2019ve lusted after ever since Trump became president.<\/p>\n<p>None of this stopped late-night comics from <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/jan-6-committee\/1014745\/stephen-colbert-and-trevor-noah-size-up-trumps-top-jan-6-tantrums-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocking the incident to discredit Trump<\/a>. The aide\u2019s story began to fall apart mid-day Tuesday, but they stuck to the false narrative while prepping their nightly broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Because Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon all used the testimony to attack Trump.\u00a0Colbert said the incident \u201cis going to make a great season premiere of Kleptocrats in Cars Seizing Power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fallon, who has steered the iconic \u201cTonight Show\u201d franchise to a fourth-place finisher in the ratings, twisted Hutchinson\u2019s testimony to attack Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox News was like, \u2018We\u2019ll be back right after this quick two-hour commercial break,\u201d Fallon says.<\/p>\n<p>Noah, assuming the wobbly testimony could be trusted, added his barb to the fray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026fighting your own Secret Service agent is kind of genius on Trump\u2019s part, because he\u2019s hitting the one person who can\u2019t hit back,\u201d said Noah, whose \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/daily-show-ratings-plummet-trevor-noah\/\">Daily Show<\/a>\u201d platform battles \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/failing-up-low-rated-full-frontal-with-samantha-bee-gets-renewed\/\">Full Frontal with Samantha Bee<\/a>\u201d for the lowest-rated late-night showcase.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Late Night TV Rankings May 30-June 5<\/p>\n<p>1\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gutfeldfox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GutfeldFox<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggutfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregGutfeld<\/a><br \/>2\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenAtHome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StephenAtHome<\/a><br \/>3\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmykimmel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimmyKimmel<\/a><br \/>4\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyfallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimmyFallon<\/a><br \/>5\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxnewsnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNewsNight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonBream?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShannonBream<\/a><br \/>6\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nightline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nightline<\/a><br \/>7\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillMaher<\/a><br \/>8\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JKCorden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JKCorden<\/a><br \/>9\u20e3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sethmeyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SethMeyers<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udd1f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/11thHour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@11thHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SRuhle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SRuhle<\/a><br \/>#11 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamjohnoliver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IamJohnOliver<\/a><br \/>#12 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonLemon<\/a><br \/>#13 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevornoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TrevorNoah<\/a><br \/>#14 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsambee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IamSamBee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/55G8SzVbQT\">pic.twitter.com\/55G8SzVbQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RoadMN \ud83d\udcc8 (@RoadMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoadMN\/status\/1534189583738576899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Week, which compiled the aforementioned quotes, rarely (if ever) cites the <em>other<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gutfeld-ratings-gen-z-millennials\/\"> late-night host<\/a>, the fellow near the top of the ratings pile who happens to lean Right.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t all of the above a classic case of media misinformation, the kind a <a href=\"https:\/\/americansforprosperity.org\/statement-on-dissolution-of-disinformation-governance-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government body<\/a> could stop in its tracks?<\/p>\n<p>Except no media outlet will fact check Colbert, Noah or any other late-night comic. They never do, even though these \u201ccomedy\u201d programs routinely spread fake news.<\/p>\n<p>Remember Seth Meyers incorrectly blasting President Trump for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/late-night-lies-colbert-trump-biden\/\">crushing the Meals on Wheels program?<\/a> Or Meyers and far-Left compatriot John Oliver describing the nightly riots in Portland as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/late-night-gaslighting-seth-meyers-portland\/\"> \u201cgraffiti and light property damage?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The media will deliver more Fake News sooner than later, and it will target Trump or other GOP officials. And, like clockwork, Team Late Night will be there to feast on those false narratives sans apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to blame late-night comics for feasting on the Russian collusion hoax. 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